Carl Settlemyer
@carl3settlemyer.bsky.social
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THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
March 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/
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DOGE's latest contract cutting means "around 300,000 kids, mostly in Africa" don't get food aid but these aid packages were manufactured by Americans workers and grown by American farmers.
Musk is bringing death to the continent he was born in and helping to impoverish the nation he now lives in.
Musk is bringing death to the continent he was born in and helping to impoverish the nation he now lives in.
March 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
DOGE's latest contract cutting means "around 300,000 kids, mostly in Africa" don't get food aid but these aid packages were manufactured by Americans workers and grown by American farmers.
Musk is bringing death to the continent he was born in and helping to impoverish the nation he now lives in.
Musk is bringing death to the continent he was born in and helping to impoverish the nation he now lives in.
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One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Chesterton’s Electrified Fence.
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Chesterton’s Electrified Fence.
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
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Our pro bono project helping junior lawyers that have been displaced by Trump’s hiring freeze of federal attorneys has been a huge success so far. If you’re looking to hire a junior lawyer, ESPECIALLY A FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE, please send me an email — [email protected].
No DMs, please.
No DMs, please.
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our pro bono project helping junior lawyers that have been displaced by Trump’s hiring freeze of federal attorneys has been a huge success so far. If you’re looking to hire a junior lawyer, ESPECIALLY A FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE, please send me an email — [email protected].
No DMs, please.
No DMs, please.
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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“Elon Musk, after being selected by Mr. Trump to help recommend cuts to the federal work force, broadcast on X the names of several federal employees working in climate-related jobs. Those employees were then hounded online.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“Elon Musk, after being selected by Mr. Trump to help recommend cuts to the federal work force, broadcast on X the names of several federal employees working in climate-related jobs. Those employees were then hounded online.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
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One of the things us “Bluesky Elders” have learned from our year & a half here is that this experience is what you make of it. Block trolls, don’t quote drag, mute jerks, mute topics that make you angry or sad, just go all in on self-moderation and this place can be so fucking chill. It’s worth it.
November 24, 2024 at 6:49 PM
One of the things us “Bluesky Elders” have learned from our year & a half here is that this experience is what you make of it. Block trolls, don’t quote drag, mute jerks, mute topics that make you angry or sad, just go all in on self-moderation and this place can be so fucking chill. It’s worth it.